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    Furthermore, another example of the criminal behaviour of Robin Hood and his men is the numerous homicides which take place. For example, the merciless homicide of the little page in Robin Hood and the Monk, ‘For ferd lest he wolde tell’. This portrays Much and Little John in particularly violent way, due to their killing of an innocent child. Additionally, the gory homicide of Guy of Gisborne in Robin Hood and Guy and Gisborne: “He tooke Sir Guys head by the hayre, And sticked itt on his bowes

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    During one of the most rotten battles John Bell Hood was shot in the arm, and the bullet splintered and cracked the bone in his arm. Most likely the bullet would break through tissue, and he got lucky because it could have been bloodier if the bullet went through further organs. It was a serious

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    237). Untrained men were also allowed to perform surgery on fellow soldiers. The soldiers sometimes had no choice because they had no one else around to help. For example General Longstreet had to amputate John Bell Hood’s arm. Another soldier who was wounded was Chamberlain (pg 219). Chamberlain was a colonel from the union. He injured his foot but his foot was not directly shot at so there was no shattered bones. In this case when there is no shattered bones

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    The Most Trusted (And Most Educated) Advisor To The “CEO”, Jesse Rowe Indiana Institute of Technology Q1- List and explain the key issues that must be addressed. The unruly ways of the Merrymen band were an issue due to the continuous growth of the band and their lack of resources, however the sheriff was much more equipped and had a greater capacity to organize defense and offensive attacks which he was currently doing to the band. Also, the size of the band, compared to the amount

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    December 31, 1815. He was the commander of the Army of the Potomac in Virginia, where he met Ulysses S. Grant. In the Battle of Cold Harbor, George Mead is defeated on June 12, 1864, by Robert E. Lee. Then in the Battle of Sayler’s Creek, George defeats John Gordon, Dick Ewell, and R.H. Anderson. He died on November 6, 1872 at the age of 57. Ulysses S. Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Clairemont County, Ohio on April 27, 1822. On March 2, 1864 the U.S. Senate confirms Ulysses S. Grant as a Lieutenant

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    On July 2 his troops had attacked the Union troops on Little Round Top. during this time Hood had been wounded in the arm by a previous battle. Although, by the end of the previous battle his arm had been basically hanging off his shoulder but they never amputated it and it was left there for the rest of his life. When a patient gets a limb

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    John Bunyan was a great man of God. He accomplished many great things during his life. I decided to do my biography on him because he was a Godly person and wrote a wonderful book called The Pilgrim’s Progress. Furthermore, John Bunyan was born in 1628 in Elstow, Bedfordshire. He grew up tinkering just like his father. John Bunyan stole apples and played ‘Robin Hood’ with his two friends. In 1644, his mother and sister died. Soon after he turned sixteen, he joined the army. During battle, he met

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    Battlefield Medicine Civil War The Civil War that happened during the years of 1861-1865 was a war that decided what kind of nation that America will be. The war determined whether or not this nation that was born declaring that all men were created with an equal right to liberty, or if it would continue to allow slavery and be the largest slaveholding country in the world. (McPherson). The Unit at Fort Sumter in South Carolina was divided because of the issues of slavery and central powers

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    Abraham Lincoln numbered members of his wife's family among his secessionist antagonists and John C. Pemberton, of Philadelphia, also helped Lincoln's crusade. Stonewall Jackson was well known, even at the time, as an eccentric and a strict follower of the rules. He fought with General William Loring in Western Virginia and had reason to arrest A.P. Hill for violating marching regulations. John Bell Hood was arrested and threatened with court-martial after 2nd Bull Run when he refused to turn over

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    Kamal Abokor 2/06/2017 Period 7-8 Research paper Battle of Nashville Essay What was the impact of the Battle of Nashville on the Civil war The Battle of Nashville was an important battle in the Civil war which took place in December 1864 during the Civil War, The once powerful Confederate Army of Tennessee was nearly destroyed when the Union Army led by Ulysses S. Grant swarmed over rebel trenches around Nashville. That represented

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